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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abiogenesis, archigenesis, biogenesis, birth, blastogenesis, development, digenesis, epigenesis, eumerogenesis, generation, genesis, heterogenesis, histogenesis, homogenesis, isogenesis, merogenesis, metagenesis, monogenesis, orthogenesis, pangenesis, procreation, spontaneous generation
Dictionary Results for parthenogenesis:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
parthenogenesis
    n 1: human conception without fertilization by a man [syn:
         parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth]
    2: process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new
       individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
       [syn: parthenogenesis, parthenogeny]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
parthenogenesis \par`the*no*gen"e*sis\
   (p[aum]r`th[-e]*n[-o]*j[e^]n"[-e]*s[i^]s), n. [Gr. parqe`nos
   a virgin + E. genesis.]
   1. (Biol.) The production of new individuals from virgin
      females by means of ova which have the power of developing
      without the intervention of the male element; the
      production, without fertilization, of cells capable of
      germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate
      generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.) The production of seed without fertilization,
      believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an
      embryo extraneous to the embryonic vesicle.
      [1913 Webster]

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